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Since the last post I have replaced the DMF and clutch, the LCA bushings and some other misc bits and pieces.
Also did a trip 1000km upnorth and got great fuel mileage, 5.5l/100km. I'm very happy with that, considering it's a 4x4 and we drove those 1000km in 11.5 hours.

Ah, you noticed too? Our forecast today was "Cloudy" - been snowing all day with varying intensity. Around 100mm so far. Second snowfall this week, plus one a month ago that melted away. This lot will stay until April

I need more ground clearance! Had to reverse a bit from that point and turn back, didn't want to risk getting stuck further in the woods...That's the downside of working in forestry...I'll have to wait for the road to get plowed.
I already have the factory rough road package and I'm not sure if it can be lifted further so I've ordered some strut and coil spacers to test. They give 20mm of lift, we'll see how that goes when they arrive. If they work well I think I'll source some springs from a Yeti or Tiguan or something, but it's time consuming trying to find out what fits and what doesn't so I'll go with the spacers for now.
I could put a SUV or a proper 4x4 to good use (unlike most of their owners) but I like this Skoda so I'll try my best to get it to work for me...

Mounted the strut and coil spacers today. The rough road package and spacers put together was too much, the rear drive shafts got an unhealthy angle.
Maybe it would have worked but I need my car every day and don't want to risk a break down in the woods so I decided to remove the spacers.

It has been a long winter, the second picture is from today!
I've been chasing a rattle from the rear, noticed some broken speed nuts on the exhaust heat shields and that did cure some of the sounds but there was more, turned out that I hadn't latched the rear seat backrest after having them folded down for a while. Sometimes it's easy

The area where I'm currently working has some pretty bad roads, I've had to zig-zag to get there, so I decided to install the strut- and coil spacers afterall.
I haven't done anything else yet, still evaluating the lift.
It doesn't feel any different to drive, no noises or vibrations so I guess it's not too bad, only time will tell...
Still on OEM 195/65r15 tires. Looks a bit funny at the moment
Other than being too low for my needs (wrong type of car really) it has been very good, managed to get it down to 5.3l/100km average over a tank, over 800 km before the fuel light went on. That's about 43mpg.